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Information on an old Wang Labs EGA card

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First post, by orinoko

Posted on 2016-04-12, 13:54

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Hey all.

I purchased this Wang Labs 8-Bit ISA card ages ago and have only just gotten around to checking it out (mainly due to not having access to the rest of my... *looks around at the mess that is the study* equipment until now).

http://i.imgur.com/kGTRhKY.jpg

Like all things Wang Labs, I cannot seem to find much in the way of documentation regarding their PC compatible hardware. My first PC I ever played with was a PC-260 (286 running MS-DOS 5.00) when I was 9 years old so I have a weird fascination with the Wang. har har.

Now thats over with, we can be serious.

I cannot seem to find anything on this graphics card. Stason doesn't know anything about it, unfortunately, and google just has old articles about the PC-240 which it came from.

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find technical specs for this card, preferably something that can at least detail what each connection does and the dip switch on the backplane. Below is a few more pics...

http://i.imgur.com/tUVHrrc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wScCNyl.jpg

I appreciate *anything* anyone can find. This old stuff has fascinated me ever since I first saw the Space Quest 1 EGA intro start up for the first time those many years ago...

Edit: I will note that it is based on the Paradise PEGA1A EGA chipset...

Reply 1 of 6, by candle_86

Posted on 2016-04-12, 20:13

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thats a rather large wang (couldn't help myself)

Reply 2 of 6, by Skyscraper

Posted on 2016-04-12, 20:32

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candle_86 wrote:
thats a rather large wang (couldn't help myself)

That is actually a "M-EGA" Wang.

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Reply 3 of 6, by orinoko

Posted on 2016-04-12, 21:41

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Oh you two!!!

Reply 4 of 6, by brostenen

Posted on 2016-04-13, 09:40

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Keep that wang at a distance from fire. Delicate stuff. 😁

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Those cakes make you sick....

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Reply 5 of 6, by ibeticanamuseyou

Posted on 2025-01-21, 22:15

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Did you even find anything about this card?
My car is off,ON, off, off,off,off

Works fine, tried it with my IBM 5150 and a EGA monitor, I see colors. I do see CGA colors tho, so I am wondering if mine is configured for CGA mode, if that was a thing for this card, I'd imagine it can do CGA

Reply 6 of 6, by ibeticanamuseyou

Posted on 2025-01-21, 22:23

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ibeticanamuseyou wrote on 2025-01-21, 22:15:

Did you even find anything about this card?
My car is off,ON, off, off,off,off

Works fine, tried it with my IBM 5150 and a EGA monitor, I see colors. I do see CGA colors tho, so I am wondering if mine is configured for CGA mode, if that was a thing for this card, I'd imagine it can do CGA

I think page 100 has the switch setup, http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/wang/pc/742-1808 … ce_19881111.pdf

Should be monochrome based on your dips, my configuration is not there tho

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